One of the native-born sons of Switzerland who
has made a success of life in Marin county by indefatigable labors,
reaping a degree of success impossible in the country of his birth, is
Joseph Garzoli, who was born in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, in 1875, and
who was there reared to a full knowledge of the business for which his
countrymen are noted the world over, namely dairying.

It was natural that an imegrant from the great
dairying country of Switzerland should seek employment in the dairy
business in California, and we find that Mr. Garzoli, after coming here
in 1892, did not long delay in finding work on a dairy farm in Marin
county. During the five years that he labored in the employ of others he
was careful of his earnings, having ever in mind the ambition to some
day become proprietor of a dairy ranch of his own. He is now in the
enjoyment of this realization, for with his cousin, Belardo Garzoli, he
leases a splendid tract of dairying land near Petaluma consisting of six
hundred and ninety-six acres, known as the Garzoli ranch. Sixty fine
milch cows constitute their dairy herd, besides which they have one
thousand White Leghorn chickens, forty hogs and ten head of high-grade
horses. Though young in years they have had considerable practical
experience in all lines of agriculture, and in the application of this
knowledge and experience they are making a name and place for themselves
that men much their senior in years might envy.

A marriage ceremony performed in Tomales, Marin
county, in 1905, united the destinies of Joseph Garzoli and Flora Dado,
and they have three children, two sons and a daughter, Clayton, Leo and
Matilda, the eldest child having been born April 17, 1906.

Source:History of Sonoma County, California
Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who
Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days
to the Present
History By: Tom Gregory
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California (1911)